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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Thurein M. Htoo, Davis, CA (US);
John H. Crowe, Davis, CA (US);
Ann E. Oliver, Davis, CA (US);
Fern Tablin, Davis, CA (US);
Thurein M. Htoo, Davis, CA (US);
John H. Crowe, Davis, CA (US);
Ann E. Oliver, Davis, CA (US);
Fern Tablin, Davis, CA (US);
The Regents of The University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for holding substances during drying comprising a flask having a structure defining an opening. A pair of contiguous or juxtaposed filters is disposed in the opening. A freeze-drying assembly comprising a freeze-drying apparatus, and the device disposed in the apparatus for holding substances during freeze-drying processing. A method for processing a substance under sterile conditions comprising disposing a substance in a flask, positioning the flask in a drying apparatus, and passing a drying medium through a pair of juxtaposed filters for drying the substance.